|
security
TM Forum Tag List
-
Funny how some news stories are viewed differently. This week’s big IT headline was that Intel had bought McAfee for a massive $7.68 billion, but depending where you read about the story took on multiple personas. There is no doubt that the acquisition underlines Intel’s bet on “hardware-enhanced security” and demonstrates that that security is a necessary component as the tech company’s reach expands to handle billions of new Internet-ready devices, such as mobile phones and computers, TVs, cars... -
The United Arab Emirates has outlined plans to block BlackBerry email, messaging and Web browsing services, citing a potential security threat because encrypted data sent on the devices is moved abroad where it cannot be monitored for illegal activity. The decision raises questions about the further control of content deemed politically or morally objectionable by governments in the region. This argument could be supported by the fact Saudi Arabia immediately followed the UAE move. BlackBerry phones... -
I don’t intend to dwell on the story that Google ‘accidentally’ collected 600GB of data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks in 30 countries while out taking photographs for its Street View mapping service. Nor the fact that technical details revealed in a Google audit could see the company face criminal prosecution around the world for collecting private Wi-Fi data, according British privacy organization, Privacy International. But some of this story just doesn't add up and could have repercussions... -
This week I attended a conference in Singapore devoted to mobile financial services. So what you may ask? Well, when I asked some speakers if anything had changed in three years they admitted, very little. Sure, we have those amazing success stories emanating from Africa about the banking of ‘the great un-banked’ and the awesome payment transfer systems that some Asian operators have introduced but, in general, revenues from mobile financial transactions have eluded most. I’m talking here about mBanking... -
Recent news that a China Mobile executive had been tracked down and detained by the company after going missing with hundreds of millions of yuan and at Magyar Telekom in Hungary that four consulting contracts entered into in 2005 were later found to serve ‘improper objectives’ raises concerns about a little discussed topic - internal fraud. In the China Mobile case, the executive, Li Xiangdong, was based in the southwestern Sichuan province and he was the in charge of China Mobile’s centralized... -
Mondays are usually quiet news days but this week it’s definitely ‘bad news day’ with a number of stories highlighting security issues. You can never be sure that it’s because there are more security glitches happening these days or because we are being more open about them. The first was an announcement by European Commission (EC) following a phishing attack which allowed cyber criminals to steal account data, and perform a number of fraudulent transactions. Individual emails were sent to users... -
I’m not sure if my colleague Jim Warner had anything to do with this but industry pundit, Phil Wainewright, wrote in his popular blog on ZDNet that if he reads one more article about “the security problem inherent in the size and structure of clouds,” then he swears he will burst a blood vessel. He pulls no punches in shooting down the security ‘scares’ emanating from a number of sources and draws analogy to buildings and their inherent lack of security. Wainewright states that, “It’s not widely... -
It’s official, at least according to the latest report from Cisco , cloud computing is being held back by corporate concerns about security. That, in itself, is no surprise but the reasons for those concerns should be. The report states that with each advance in technology that enhances connectivity and communication, the migration from the ‘traditional’ office environment, where work happens behind fortified network walls, will intensify. The traditional corporate perimeter, with clearly identifiable...
| | |  | | Copyright © 1988-2010, TeleManagement Forum. All Rights Reserved | | | | | |
| |
|